Xavier Labour Relations Institute is regularly counted among the top 5 B-schools of India alongside the IIMs. The oldest business school in India, now in its 64th year, was founded in 1949 by Fr. Quinn Enright, S.J. in the steel city of Jamshedpur. Fr. Enright visualised XLRI to be a partner in the liberation and development journey of the independent India with a vision of "renewing the face of the earth". Over the years, XLRI has developed its own identity, the hallmark of which is, not to walk on the beaten path but to strike new routes; not to benchmark but to be benchmarked. XLRI is the top ranked school for Human Resource education not only in the country, but considered as one of the finest in Asia-Pacific. Its business management programme too is counted amongst the top 5 in the country.